Senior Information Analyst - Cancer Services

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South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. Our staff think this is a great place to work and we hope you will agree. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the whole county. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.

We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Over 6000 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don't need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.

The first thing you will notice about us is how we take our values seriously. We believe that our values underpin everything we do. If you are interested in a role with us you need to make sure our values match your own.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide inclusive, safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

Probationary Period

All new staff to the Trust will be subject to a standard 6 month probationary period, the details of which will duly follow in your contract of employment.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual - we value our employees, job applicants, students, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values of being Inclusive, Safe, Effective, Compassionate and Trusted.

Agile and Flexible Working

All our staff will have a work base. However the Trust operates as an Agile Working Team therefore staff may be working from home on a regular basis as required by the service. However, occasionally travel around Warwickshire and into your base will be required so access to your own transport would be helpful.

The Trust also welcome staff to work flexibly and we would welcome the conversation at interview regarding flexible working.

Staff Benefits

The Trust offer a wide range of additional benefits to staff. Anyone who joins us on a substantive basis can assess things such as the Lease Car Scheme, Electronics Scheme, Discounted Leisure and Travel, Cycle to work scheme amongst many others available.

Car Parking

The Trust have recently completed the construction of a multi-storey car park at our Warwick Hospital site which has allowed us to reduce waiting times for car parking passes.

To keep up to date on our latest recruitment activity follow us on twitter @swftrecruit or look us up on Facebook (Recruitment - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust).

Job overview

You will be part of a highly skilled team assisting in delivering a professional information service to the Trust in order to meet the requirements of CQC, NHS England & Improvement and any other performance management and commissioning organisations, as well as the Trust's own internal information and performance requirements.

The department has a vacancy for a Senior Cancer Information Analyst.

The Senior Cancer Information Analyst post will primarily support the Cancer Data & Performance Manager in the management of Cancer Waiting Times data and the timely reporting in line with national and local requirements. This post will also provide data as required to support the clinical and operational teams with service improvement plans relating to cancer pathways. The post may also be asked to provide support to the Information Department to cover some non-cancer services.

You will require experience in the use of SQL and MS Office software and you must also have a proven ability to understand and analyse data and to identify trends and variances on your own initiative. Knowledge of Power BI would also be advantageous. An ability to clearly present and communicate the results of analysis is essential.

For further information please contact either Adrian Matthews, Cancer Data & Performance Manager via email at Adrian.Matthews@swft.nhs.uk, or Richard Howe, Head of Business Information via Richard.Howe@SWFT.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

As part of a highly skilled team the Senior Cancer Information Analyst will assist in delivering a highly professional information service to the Trust in order to meet the requirements of the Trust's Cancer Services team as well NHS England, NHS Improvement, Performance Management organisations and the Trust's own internal information and performance requirements for the Trust's other Divisional areas.

The post will primarily support the Cancer Data & Performance Manager in the management of Cancer Waiting Times data and the timely reporting in line with national and local requirements.

It will also provide data as required to support the clinical and operational teams with service improvement plans relating to cancer pathways.

To support members of the Cancer Services team as required, meeting with them regularly to ensure all data recording is accurate, this will include regular audits of Cancer Waiting Times data and information.

This post will also provide some support to other Trust wide projects and will be expected to provide in depth analytical support to the Trust's operational teams to assist them in meeting national and local targets and other reporting requirements.

Working for our organisation

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Ensure that internal reporting requirements are met by updating and disseminating regular reports related to cancer services.

Support the Cancer Data & Performance Manager in providing an ad-hoc information service to support internal and external stakeholders, including the preparation of responses to freedom of information requests, using data from the Somerset Cancer Register and other Trust information systems.

Provide support for external data submissions, including Cancer Waiting Times, the Cancer Outcomes and Services Dataset and clinical audits.

Conduct validation of external data submissions to ensure that information on Trust performance and cancer pathways is accurately reported.

Support the provision of breach analysis information to inform patient RCA / Harm Analysis, pathway discussion and service improvement.

To support the divisions with Business Development projects and to work with a range of other Trust services and key stakeholders within various departments / services.

To link and interpret data so that business intelligence is provided to support analysis of service demand and service development.

To extract and analyse data from the various patient based systems within the Trust in order to coordinate the production of mandatory, management, operational and "ad-hoc" reports, ensuring local and national deadlines are met and information is of the highest quality. The post holder must therefore be highly numerate and highly skilled in the use of the Microsoft analytical tools and other analytical software used by the Trust, for example Power BI, and knowledge of programming in SQL is essential.

In conjunction with the Cancer Data & Performance Manager work closely with the MDT Facilitators team and cancer clinicians to improve the quality of both clinical and administrative data entry onto the Somerset Cancer Register.

Carry out regular data audits to ensure the completeness and accuracy of data recorded within the Somerset Cancer Register.

To share in the responsibility of ensuring good practice in the use of the Trust's information systems to protect the high standard of data quality. Where necessary produce accuracy and validation check reports for the Trust's Data Quality Lead. Act in an advisory capacity to other staff members on definitional issues regarding the NHS Data Dictionary. It is therefore essential the post holder keeps up to date with data recording, reporting and submission changes, especially relating to Cancer Waiting Times and other cancer datasets.

Maintain the Corporate and Divisional Performance Dashboards, by coordinating the collection and collation of key performance indicator data and reviewing these measures to ensure figures are as expected and data quality is checked. Update dashboards to meet organisational requirements.

Maintain the Cancer Dashboards, measuring performance and outcomes to support tumour site specific groups, by coordinating the collection and collation of key performance indicator data and reviewing these measures to ensure figures are as expected and data quality is checked. Update dashboards to meet organisational requirements.

To take responsibility for disseminating to the appropriate parties any NHS England and Improvement changes in guidance, definition, collection and reporting of patient information, working with other information staff and system users on new information requirements to ensure that new procedures and working practices are implemented. Ensuring that any external reporting reflects changes in definition and requirements.

To work closely with commissioners and other agencies to ensure that they have access to high quality Trust and divisional performance/activity information.

To ensure written procedures are in place for all reporting for which the Information Department has responsibility. These procedures will come under the scrutiny of both internal and external auditors and must be detailed, kept up to date and presented in an easily understood format.

Within the remit of Information Governance, ensure all patient information is produced in an anonymised/pseudonymised format and adhere to the guidelines of the Caldicott Guardian by only producing information on a "need to know" basis. Work within the rules of Data Protection.

To assist colleagues in the use of systems and information required to monitor the Trust's performance / activity. Develop and maintain databases and system tools to enable this to happen.

To train members of staff in the use of new systems and databases that may be implemented as part of ongoing changes to information requirements both nationally and locally.

To participate in the implementation of new information systems: advising on reporting requirements, testing the software before implementation and assessing the system for the Trust's needs as required. Coordinate the testing of all future software relative to changes in NHS definitions, reporting and CDS production.

Ensure data submissions to SDCS, SUS, Commissioners and other agencies are made in accordance with national and locally agreed protocols and timetables.

Any other duties requested by the Associate Director of Information & Performance and the Divisional Business Information Manager.

To lead and manage the information team staff as required, including workload, priority setting and personal development plan.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Experience and knowledge of the NHS
• High level of numeracy

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience and high degree of specialist skills in analytical software, specifically Microsoft Office Products
• Experience of SQL
• Experience of extracting, collating and interpreting complex information
• Ability to discuss and explain complex issues to non-specialist staff
• Understanding and experience of NHS patient-based information and experience of working within NHS Cancer Services data and information
• Good understanding of information analysis principles
• Experience of liaising with key stakeholders

Desirable criteria

• Experience of creating content in Power BI
• Skills in the specific software and business intelligence tools used within the Trust

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to communicate (verbally and written) appropriately for a particular purpose, i.e. influence decision making and/or change in practice
• Ability to analyse, quality assess and interpret complex data from a range of sources
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Good presentation skills
• Ability to take a lead role in organising and reviewing the workload of the Divisional information analyst
• Able to organise/prioritise own work appropriately in order to achieve tight deadlines

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of national Cancer Waiting Times standards
• Knowledge of the Somerset Cancer Register
• Staff Management

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by supporting clinical and operational teams in delivery of cancer waiting times
• Possesses commitment to work hours necessary to perform required tasks
• Punctual, reliable and self-motivated
• Excellent team worker
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Attentive to detail
• Ability to plan and organise own workload in order to achieve tight deadlines

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Sometimes we get a lot of applications for our roles. On those occasions we might close the job early. If you don't want to miss out we recommend submitting your application as early as possible.

The Trust use an Applicant Management System called TRAC which helps us manage the recruitment process. All communications regarding your application will come via TRAC (even if you applied via NHS Jobs).

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We aim to shortlist all vacancies within 2 days of the vacancy closing, we will get back to all candidates ASAP.

Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer who is committed to Equality and Diversity and does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the grounds of any protected characteristic as defined by the Equality Act 2010.

All South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust sites are smoke free. We feel it's a great way to help our patients, visitors and staff stay healthy.

The Trust is part of a 'Foundation Group' through a strategic alliance with Wye Valley NHS Trust, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. This partnership is great for the sustainability of all four organisations and allows us to share learning and maximise opportunities to ensure the delivery of high quality health and care services for our local populations.

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• Job Description (PDF, 160.6KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 56.7KB)